My laptop does not start or turns on and freezes
My Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop will not start for few days and then after few days later when I tried give another shot to restart. It does boot up then after few click it freezes and can turn off and boot up again.
So far I managed to boot up but in middle of boot up it freezes.
However, when I try to turn it back on, nothing happens. The screen doesn’t turn on, the fan doesn’t turn on. The only thing that happens is the LED lights turn on briefly.
I tried turning it on with and with out the battery and I get the same result.
This sounds like a possible problem with the laptop memory. It’s likely that one of the memory modules is not making good connection with the motherboard or failing. Try reconnecting both memory modules. Try removing memory modules one by one and test the laptop with each one separately. If you have only one module installed, try replacing it with a know good memory.
November 1st, 2011 at 4:29 pm
I would appreciate any suggestions on fixing my laptop (Asus X50N, 2 GB RAM, 120HDD). I have used my laptop for just over 3 years, no serious issues until this morning when it would not even boot up. The symptoms are as follows:
1. The power light turns on for about 1-3 seconds, and the fan turns briefly for about a second and then shuts down completely.
I have tried the following so far:
1. Tried another power supply unit
2. Cleaned the fan
3. Tried turning the power on and off several times
4. I disassembled the laptop: removed the hard drive, dvd, wireless cards, modem, etc, removed the heat sink and checked the cpu was mounted properly (seemed ok, no discolouration),removed the ram, etc. I cleaned the fan.
5. I assembled the motherboard with the following: re-assembled the cpu and heat sink back, inserted the ram, fixed the fan, and connected the battery only.
6. When I press the power button (no matter how long I press it for), the green led lights up briefly (1-3 seconds) and the light for the mute/audio button lights up, and the fan turn for a second. Then nothing at all. I also tried this with the AC power supply connected, and it made no difference.
Any helpful solutions to fixing my laptop would be welcome. Many thanks, Thom
August 29th, 2011 at 5:43 am
I turned on my Dell Inpiron and it freezez at my backround image….Is there buttons I can press to un-freeze it? Is it permenetly broken? My dad will kill me…It was 800 dollars
August 24th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
sir ,
my laptop is not properly worked at this time
and my laptop is not taken o s at this time
when be try it than my laptop restart and caps lock and num lock is started is running and running.
pl z tell me solution’s
October 12th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
kay well i borrowed my friends Toshiba because my windows vista computer is not working i have had her computer for about um lets say only um 3 hours now hers is doing the same thing on start up it doesn’t seem to load if freeze in the middle of start up , on this computer it randomly just started working again ..for her computer the only thing i did was install my modem but on this computer it was doing the same thing….i have tried putting the disk in and connecting the cords better , and even waiting days . but mine didn’t turn on till today and i held f8 down on start up it seemed to work but i tried that yesterday nothing happened only today it responded umm help me
March 30th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
hey there
ive got an acer travel mate 4220 ive had it for about 4/5 yrs now it was working fine till today wen i went to turn it on.. When i did turn it on it loaded and did a system check like it always does and when it came up for me to sign in my mouse pad keyboard and all other buttons would not work and did nothing… i left it for a bit and came back and the screen saver was on i tried to move my mouse altho this time the screensver didnt go.. The led lighhts and my wireless lights are showing and blinking every now and then yet nohting is woking any ideas?
thanks heaps
March 29th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Windows did not start normally keeps looping on startup. Help?because of shut down did not successfully,my pc did not open normally.it stucks with only lights no windows xp open.
All four options such as safe mode, safe mode with networking,etc, Start windows normally, and last know configuration does not work. It simply restarts over and over.
March 7th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
i have a toshiba satellite L305-S5944 it got a 32 bit intel duo-core pentium 3. The problem I am having is that when i go to boot it up unless the bios is in the default settings I get a really bad beeping noise. it’s a noise like ahhhhhhhhhhhh it doesn’t have a rythmn to it like it’s 1 long 2 short. it’s just loud and obnoxius. I tried flashing the bios which went successfully. however that didn’t solve the problem. I tried reformatting and installing the OS after the OS and the browser especially started acting funny like being in IE and the file tab would start acting funny so i would reset back and it would be okay for awhile then it go and do the same thing within 20 minutes. I did a virus check w/ norton and a spyware search I’ve got no clue what the story is. if i am trying to boot from a disk I can’t do it the noise comes on. it’s driving me crazy.
March 1st, 2010 at 7:19 am
So my laptop was on and my daughter jumped on the keyboard of it and I typed my password in and color looked crazy so I turned it off and turned it back on still the color was messed up so I turned off again and now comes on but will not boot at all. What is wrong and how do I fix it?
February 19th, 2010 at 11:57 am
you know where you switch a laptop on and the dell sign shows until the bit where its loading, it stays on loading for a really long time and does not pass that stage, i don’t know what to do. could you please give me some tips on how to overcome this problem.
February 18th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
hi
i have acer aspire one atom series 8gb 512mb ram
i was using my notebook last nite after completing my work i turned it off
on next morning when i turned it on green power led show me that notebook is on but display not coming
i tried to on off it several time but no result
after that i read a topic on a forum about this article in which they said to hold the power key for 30min then plug the charger while holding the power button for again 30 sec and then enter the battery i did that but still no result
my notebook show batery charging power led every thing but not displaying windows what happen i dont no but kindly you people help me out for this problem how can i make it in order as i am facing so much problem
regards
zaib malik
February 11th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
I apologise I am using Windows XP on a Sony Vaio VGN A517m for the info on the earlier post
February 11th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I downloaded the latest version of software for my Iphone the computer frozen, and now it will not start when it is turned on. it loads the screen of safe mode, safe mode with… last know config., and start windows normally. All 5 of these options do not work and it continues after pressing one to restart and go back to the same screen. Can anyone help please?
I have loads of things on there that I have not backed up (my fault) and I’m desperate to sort this problem out . Can anyone help me please
January 29th, 2010 at 1:05 am
I have a Dell Inspiron 1526. There is a problem with it when I turn it off for hours. It does not boot up though the lights turn on. All I see are the lights and a blank screen and no Dell logo. But if I try to turn it off and on and off and on again, it goes back to work as perfect as it can be. No problem as long as it is on. It does not freeze nor stops. It even turns on perfectly when it was just turned off. The only problem is when it was shut down for a long time or for some hours. But every time it happens, I just have to keep turning it off and on and off and on until the Dell logo appears and then presto it will work perfectly again until the next time I turn it off for a long time. Any idea what is wrong? Thanks.
December 28th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Dave,
Not sure what’s going on.
Here’s what you can try.
Turn on the laptop and as soon as Dell logo appears on the screen press F8. Select “Last Known Good Configuration” from the menu, press Enter and see if it helps.
Here’s another trick. Unplug the AC adapater, remove the battery. Press on the power button for a few seconds. Now plug in the AC adapter and try turning it on.